Re: simple question on long_float/short_float

["Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma@12000.org>]

On 9/29/2010 11:58 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> Le 30/09/2010 08:17, Nasser M. Abbasi a �crit :
>> Ada experts:
>>
>> Is Ada's long_float like Fortran double precision? and short_float is
>> like Fortran single precision (just called real in Fortran)?


> There is nothing in the standard that guarantees this. Float and
> Long_Float are just floating point types, with greater accuracy for
> Long_Float.
>
> On the other hand, package Interfaces.Fortran provides types Real and
> Double_Precision, which are required to match the corresponding Fortran
> types.
>
>

Thanks. Are you saying that in Ada I can't make double precision 
variables and single precision variables? (as in Fortran?)

Is this for real? :)


So, what is Ada's Float? 32 bit or 64 bits?

--Nasser